Handsaw



G. FORTON.

HANDSAW.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 3. 192i.

1A38,175, Patented Dec. 12, 1922.

Mama/q Patented Dec. 12, 1922.

HAN-saws) enonenaron'ron; or D-E'rnonr; MICHIGAN. a 1 v Application'fi1d0tober'3, 192i. Ser 'a li'lTo. 504,987.

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Be it knownth-at-I; GEOR(FZ FOR'I ON, a citiien' of "the UhitedStates-off' Americaresiding ,,at" Detroit, 'inztlrer-connty"of Wayne and: State of Michigan; have' inventedicertain new and'luseful linprov'ements in Hand saws -of which" the fdlldw'ing; is'iatspecifica' tion reference being; bad therein to the" ac-t companying drawings; 1 l

' This invention rel'ate'sto"handsawsjand the rimary object? of my invention is to fiirni'sh a saw "blade-wither quickidetach'able or dem'ount'able handlptlratmay 'be usedby eitheria right or lefth'andedoperator; and that "will permit "of 'allo fthe teetlfo'f thesaw blade being setor sharpened;- In other words, tlidblzld, devoid of'the handlefln'i'ay beueasily placed'in-a vise-,- clamp; te'oth set-l ting. machine or other device and all 'o'fi'the teeth set or sharpened. which is practically impossible 'wlien .a ha'ridle'fis" a1 fixture onja' blade, as the. teeth at the in'n'e'rj' end of" the blade cannot be .conv'er'rie'ntly sharpenedor set, thus limiting 'more or less the active cuttingaedge O'fi 2BiS8kW" bl2tde.

' Anothenpbject of this invention to provide positive and reliable-means,fliriamanner as hereinafter setiifdrth for detachab'ly connecting a saw handle to a blade; frame or. the like so that the front edge of the handle will be firmly held and fixed relative to the back edge of the saw blade, thus permitting of the front edge of the saw handle and the back edge of the saw blade cooperating in providing a right angle square. The means employed for connecting a handle and blade provides a substantial backing for the inner end of the blade and said means disposed so that it will not interfere with a hand manipulating the saw.

A further object of this invention is to furnish a saw handle with a reinforcing member which will prevent a handle from splitting, cracking or breaking due to the grain of the wood being interrupted by the shape of the handle.

The above are a few of the objects obtained by my invention; and reference will now be had to the drawing wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of the hand saw partly broken away and partly in section; showing asaw adapted for right hand use;

Fig. 2, is a side elevation of the saw adapted for left hand use;

-I 3 enlarged perspective View "of p of a detached blade; and"v Fig-4a s-ran en'largedperspective View of r a a detached screw:

In' the dra wlng, the reference numerall denotes a' saw handle madeof wood" and have,

iii-g1" a hand grip portion? provided with" an 'upper lip 3. The'front edge of the-"han dlel has longitudinal kerf "or groove 4 a with the upper end thereofenlargedj as at 5.. Eirtendin-g transverselyof th e 'frontpor'-' tiorr ofthe handle are a; plurality of screws 6, 7 and v8 having countersunk'heads'and ends sothatthere will be no protuberances from the outer "side" walls ofthe handler Rivets may be-fused inlieu ofthese" screws and the screw 6 extends transversely'of the enlarged end 5 *of the groove 4,1 said iscrew beinglo'cated inalinementf with tlfe inner l' wall oftlie groove; and thesc rewsW and 8 lntersect 'jtheinner wall ofthe' groove and I halfway protrude therefrom so" as to provide spaced metallic bearing points in the bottomofithegroove:'

Communicating with the groove 4;; adj-a:

opening 9 havingits-outer end atf an inset angular .fa'ce 'in'the" bottom siideor ldwer' edge-er the-=hand1e. '2

The reference numeral 11 denotes a blade having teeth 12 that may adapt the blade for crosscut, rip or other purposes, and the juncture of the edges 13 and 14 there is a points afforded by the screws 7 and 8 The inner end edge 14 of the blade 11, adjacent the teeth 12, is provided with anotch' 16 and set in said notch. is a tubular fsocket jY member 17 having interiorly screwthreaded walls or a bore 18 adapted to receive a hold fast device, as a screw bolt 19. The tubu- 100 lar socketl'? has its inner end slotted, as at 20, to receivethe edge of the blade l'land a transversely disposed rivet 21 or other fastening means retains the tubular socket in engagement with the blade 11, with the 105 inner wall of'the slot 20 against the wall of the notch 16 so that there will be no lost motion or loose articulation between the.

socketmemberand the blade.

After the hook shaped member is placed p as v so! cent thescrew': 8 isan angularly disposed in engagement with the screw 6 the socket member 17 will extend into the opening 9 of the handle 1', and thenthe screw bolt 19 .can be placed in the opening 9 to enter the socket 17. The screw bolt 19 has a head 22 and a finger piece 23 so that it may be easily rotated and with the head 22 bearing on the face 10 of the handle 1 the socket 17 can be drawn into the opening 9, until the edge 14 of the blade 11 is firmly bound against the screws 7 and 8 and the hook shaped member 15 in looking engagement with the screw 6, thus permitting thescrew 6, member 15, socket 1'7, and screw bolt 19 cooperating in pOSIlZIYBlY anchoring the in ner end of the blade relative to the handle.

'The head of the screw bolt 19 is sulficiently a In addition to the demountable feature of the-saw handle, there are certain refinements which will now be considered.

First, the saw blade 11, adjacent the straight edge 13 thereof and the handle attached to the blade, has one or more angularly disposed slots 24 which are positioned at an angle of fortyfive degrees relative to either the straight edge 18 ,of the blade or the straight edges 25 of the handle 1. When using the saw' as a square marks may be made through the slots 24 on apiece of ma terial to facilitate cutting a miter or a kerf at an angle to a straight edge.

Second, the saw handle 1 may have a lower lip 26 so that it may be, more conveniently used by a left hand operator, and the hand grip portion 2 may be reinforced by a long screw or tie rod 27 countersunk therein, said screw extending transversely'of the grain of the wood handle to bind the wood together and prevent splitting or cracking.

'VVhile in the drawings there are illustrated the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that the structural elements'are susceptible to such changes as fall within the scope, of the appended claim.

lVhat I claim 'is,: p

In ahand saw, a handle having a groove throughout its depth and an angularly disposed opening in its lower edge communicating with said groove, transverse members in said handle intersecting the groove thereof, ablade having its inner end edge in the handle against said transverse members, hook means carried vby the back edge of said blade engaging over the transverse member in the upper end of the handle groove to retain said blade in the handle groove and prevent said blade fromsagging when engaging said transverse members, a tubular socket carried by theinner end edge of said blade and extending into the angularly disposedvopening in said handle, and a screw bolt abutting the lower edge of said handle and screwed in said tubular socket for drawing the innerend edge of said blade tight against said transverse members.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

I enonen FORTON. li itnesses c:

ANNA M. Donn, KARL H. BUTLER. 

